More doll pieces....

I confess. I am a hoarder of Gebruder Heubach dolls.
This company made a variety of character faced dolls and they were especially noted for their intaglio eyed dolls.
Intaglio eyes have their pupil indented into the head to produce a 3D effect.
Most other companies who made painted-eye dolls painted the pupil on a flat eye area.

This box of pieces may look very similar to one a few entries ago....but he is a different doll. A bit smaller and a few more body issues.

This torso is made with a base of pressed cardboard. Then there is a layer of a gesso-like material and then paint.
The hip socket area has missing gesso and paint. Also the one crack along the hip socket looks structural. It should get strengthened before the doll gets re-strung.

He has some fairly typical issues around the neck and shoulder joints.....

And he has mystery tape on one foot.




All these body issues will be addressed before he gets strung.

Not too much of a surprise to find the old tape has removed the outer finish where it sat and also has left hardened adhesive behind.

Here is how his neck area looks now.
The missing areas have been filled in with epoxy and the painted to match the old finish.

Even his bottom end looks better :-)

Here is a good look at his intaglio eyes.